Combined box and toy



Dec. 9, 1924- k1,518,981

c. A. HAMMONUKNOWLTON COMBINED BOX AND TOY Filed Aug. 14, 1922 Patented Dec. 9, 19,274.

UNITED," STATES PATENT oFFICE.

CLABENCEA. HAIIOND-KNOWLTON, OF WA'IERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO I THE H.V IK. H. SILK COMPANY, OF WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED BOX .AND TOY.

Application illed August 14, 1922. Serial No. 581,737.

To all lwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. H AM- MoND-KNowLToN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Watertown, 1n the county of Litchfield and State of Connectlcut, have invented a new and Improved Combined Box and Toy, of whlch the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptlon.

This invention relates to a combined box and toy wherein the structure is such that the device may be used at one time as a box and may be cut in a certain way for producing a toy.

The object of the invention is to provide a combined box and toy so that the devlce may be used as a box for shipping goods and then cut to produce one or more toys.

A further object of the invention ls'to provide an ornamentation for a box, which is so arranged on the nox as to be readily cut therefrom in such manner as to produce a to Inythe accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box disclosing an embodiment of thev invention;

Figure -2 is a perspective view of the toy or cutout figure removed from the box; and

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numeral, 1 indicates an ordinary box which is provided with a lid 2 designed to telescope thereover. The box 1 is intended to be used as a carton for holding goods .of any desired kind, as for instance, sllk thread. When silk thread is arranged in the box 1 a suitable picture 3 is provided on the cover 2, the figure of the picture 3 being arranged to properly co-act with the representation of a spool carrying silk thread. In the drawing the figure of a girl is shown sitting on a spool of thread, said ligure being illustrated with a piece of goods, a needle and a section of silk thread, the pose being that of the girl sewing. In case darning yarn was used in the box 1, a sultable figure would be provided with a spool or container of darning cotton shown as member 4. If some other line of goods is placed in the box 1 the figure 3 and the member 4 would be changed accordingly. It is also evident that different gures could be used with the spool 4 as illustrated. By arranging the figure 3 as shown in Figure 1 and associatinor the same with the spool 4, a picture of the goods in the box is presented and at the same time a very desirable cover is presented which will illustrate not only the goods in the box, but how,

it is to be used. In addition to illustrating the goods in the box the ligure is so arranged on the lid that a line of cutting 5 may be provided which follows the outline of the figure and at a suitable point extends to the edge of the cover and provides sections 5 and 5". These sections merge into cutting lines 6 on the opposite edges of the cover 2 so that when a person cuts along the line 5 including the sections 5', 5 and 6, not only will the figure 3 be cut out, but also the illustration of` the spool 4 and suitable supporting braces 7 and 8. When the fi re and spool has been cut out as just descri ed, a doll will be the result as illustrated in Figure 2, said doll being represented as sitting on a spool of thread. As different goods are designed to be sold in the box 1, said goods will be represented on the covers of the boxes by different figures'. There will be a variety of dolls to be provided for the children of the household when the goods are used, all of the figures, however, being mechanically formed as shown in the accompanying drawings so that they may be' cut out and set up to give the desired appearance.

I claim:

1. A combined box and toy, comprising a box for holding articles of merchandise, and a cover having depending side and end members, said cover having thereon a pictorial representation of the goods in the box and a picture of a person on the representation of the goods, and provided with a line of cutting following the contour of a portion of the picture and the pictorial representation and extending to the edges of the cover and over the depending side members thereof, whereby when the cover is severed on the said line a part of the picture and.

pictorial representation of the goods will be cut out and one end of the cover fashioned as a vertical support for the representation.

2. A combined box and toy, comprising a 5 sewing and sitting on the spool, and probox for holding thread and a. cover having depending side and end members, ealdcover having produced thereon a pictorial representatlon of a spool of thread and of a gn'l vided with a line of cuttin followin the contour of a part of the gir and spoo and vextending to the ed across the; side mem r thereof, whereby when the cover is severed alon -said line a. 10

part of the ignre and spool wi be cut out and one end of the cover fashioned as a, ver-' tical support for the4 representatiom CLARENCE A'. HAMIIOND-KNDWLTOH of the cover and v I. 'l 

